diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
index 1c09784febbd..5d713cd058d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
   # optional-dependencies
   ruff,
 
-  # passthru
-  testers,
-  nbqa,
+  # tests
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "nbqa";
@@ -68,7 +67,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       pytestCheckHook
       yapf
     ])
-    ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues optional-dependencies);
+    ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues optional-dependencies)
+    ++ [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   disabledTests = [
     # Test data not found
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "tests/test_include_exclude.py"
   ];
 
-  passthru = {
-    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-      package = nbqa;
-    };
-  };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA";
     changelog = "https://nbqa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html";